Chess Openings, Scotch (C45), Blackburne attack

CHESS OPENINGS

ScotchScotch

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #10633

(19)

Challenge from jstevens1 - Battle of the Wings!
jstevens1 (1564) vs. ionadowman (2024)

Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): 1. e4 - let's keep it simple - JS. 1....... e5 (and ID replies in kind). 3. I decide to play the Scotch Opening - Kasparov has played this - must be good!! - JS 4. .... The knight is twice attacked, so ....... 5. Be3 - I try not to move the same piece twice. Be3 develops a piece and the knight is defended twice. 5. ........ Qf6 ("I have to keep this pressure on, I have to keep this…

chess opening #15668

(6)

Team match
irmo29063 (1418) vs. ihalimi (1408)

Annotated by tanp (2029): I'll comment only from black's perspective, and taking a quick look through. I'm not analysing in any depth, so look for yourself at other possibilities, and don't be afraid to mention my oversights and errors ! All standard and reasonable so far, remember not just the moves in an opening, their sequence too This move does not look especially bad at first glance but remembering some of…